AVA PINE - In Concert January 20, 2013 |
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The 2008 – 2009 season was a busy one for the soprano, with return engagements to the Dallas Opera for performances of Adele in Die Fledermaus, and Elvira in L’italiana in Algeri. The Dallas Morning News wrote of her performance of Adele: “She can sparkle through coloratura, but also radiate lower-register warmth. And she's no less dazzling an actress, dancing, flirting and pretty much tying everyone around her little finger.” In addition, she joined Boston Baroque as Romilda in Xerxes, the Florentine Opera as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, and the Arizona Opera as Adina in L’Elisir d’amore. As a Wolf Trap Opera Filene Young Artist, she collaborated on a recital with Steven Blier, performed as Morgana in Alcina, Musetta in La bohème, and Minerva in Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria. She was heard in concert with the Dallas Bach Society, and joined Ars Lyrica Houston in two separate engagements, one for a program of cantatas and opera excerpts, and the other as Bellezza in a staged performance of Handel’s Il trionfo del tempo.Other concert appearances included the Delaware Symphony Orchestra for Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra for performances of Mozart’s Requiem, and Texas Christian University for Carmina Burana. In the Spring of 2008, Ms. Pine joined the Fort Worth Opera for its second festival season, making her company debut as The Angel in the Southwestern premiere of Peter Eötvös’ operatic setting of Angels in America, based on the Pulitzer-Prize winning play by Tony Kushner. Ms. Pine was the fourth singer to wear the wings of The Angel, but was the first to don a flying harness and perform the role with theatrical aerials: “Ava Pine flies in and out on wires like some celestial Peter Pan, trilling and vocalizing in shimmering cascades of coloratura.” (Dallas Morning News). Ms. Pine spent her apprentice years with the Dallas Opera, where she was selected to be the company’s first young artist in residence. Her roles with the Dallas Opera have included Lady in Waiting in Macbeth, Zozo in The Merry Widow, a Slave in Salome, the Shepherd Boy in Tosca, Anna in Nabucco, Yvette in La rondine as well as covering the role of Valencienne in The Merry Widow.Other highlights from recent seasons include performances with Chautauqua Opera, singing Sophie in Werther, Frasquita in Carmen, and Lady Larken in Once Upon a Mattress, and multiple engagements with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, including Handel’s Messiah and Bach’s Mass in B Minor under the baton of Claus Peter Flor. A specialist in music of the Baroque, Ms. Pine is a frequent collaborator with early music ensembles including Ars Lyrica of Houston, Concert Royal, New York Baroque Dance Company, Dallas Bach Society, Orchestra of New Spain and Texas Camerata. Highlights of these engagements include her performance as Amour in Rameau’s Pygmalion, Erato in Handel’s Terpsicore, and Amour in Campra’s Les Fêtes Vénitiennes all with the New York Baroque Dance Company, as well as her performance as La Musique and Le Paix in Charpentier’s Les Arts Florissants with Concert Royal, and recitals with Texas Camerata at the Boston Early Music Festival.She has also appeared as a frequent guest artist with Orpheus Chamber Singers and the Grammy-nominated ensemble Conspirare. She is a featured soloist on Conspirare’s inaugural release on the Clarion label. |
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